(127) 1948

A moment of mid-century cheese reproduced on the hoardings in front of Union Station. It seems that some of the much-awaited reworking of the station is underway. If they mess with Union - we will mess with them.

(126) Zooks! Awesome, Stunning, Mega-Graff Giant Spring Posting II

Today we went looking for action. Boy, did it ever find us! Two postings worth - from a stretch of graff on the back side of a row of stores just west of Bloor/Dundas (visible from the subway).

Rummaging through a handbag naked should be an Olympic sport.

This bomber's Dad has a lot of copies of Heavy Metal stashed in his garage?

Shades of Sargent's Madame X yeah?

Redheads are always welcome at POWcityblog (see postings 1 & 121)

What a day! Walking from Dundas West to Union Station was worth the sunburn for these images.

(125) Zooks! Awesome, Stunning, Mega-Graff Giant Spring Posting I

Marylin, pop perennial (see also posting 56).

Breakin! Electric Boogaloo.

Shades of the long-haired Orion slave girl Vina (Susan Oliver) from the original Star Trek series.

Shades deux: the short-haired Orion slave girl (Yvonne Craig - Batgirl) from the original Star Trek series.

editor's note: this blog contains only one other Star Trek reference.

(124) Golden Gowned Glam Graff Goddess

Graffiti was not like this when we were young.

(123) Circus Maximus

For the Romans, the circus was part of the equation of urban and imperial power. So it is in our society as we discovered this afternoon in Etobicoke!!! An example of the perennial trailer-borne midway had just arrived and was preparing itself to distract the masses. As soon as the weather improves these caravans slum their way north to roost in the parking lots of obsolete, underperforming strip malls. They never quite edge their way into the city proper, preferring to lurk near the perimeters. This one was setting up shop as we happened by right on the Etobicoke!!!/Mississauga border near the West Mall in between the hulk of an abandoned Wal-Mart and a muffler shop. To be honest, we fervently hope the masses know they are gonna need a little more than this pretty soon.

(122) Rosie the Robot Maid

(121) Industrial Espionage

We have mentioned our current undercover assignment to a motion picture printing plant a couple of times now. Lo, yesterday we deftly snatched an image therefrom. It was our most dangerous acquisiton to date. All the irksome distractions of an insecure, high-exertion/low wage job were present plus an enhanced regime of security guards and dozens of electronic eyes. The Man may be patient ...but POWcityblog is even patienter!

Inspired by the classics, Columbia shares the romantic early name mooted for the United States. How often in cinemas has the Statue-of-Liberty-like Goddess Columbia flickered into life? During the last Great Depression how often? During this Great Depression how many times more? The lettering and the clouds have evolved over the years but the torch and awesome floor-length gown have been pretty consistent. There was a variation for television and at least two tag-lined versions reflecting changes of ownership. In your own life how ubiquitous is Columbia? Lamp aloft, the broiling clouds of atomic destruction behind her signalling your entry to a silvery and special world beyond our own, brought to you from a magic place, a dream factory.

editor's note: more on the shit-ass bastards at the factory of dreams in future postings. That's the soundtrack on the left!